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Well, that is my opinion anyway... I love my family's old recipe for carrot cake and have yet to find one in a restaurant that is even half as good. 
It takes a very, very, very long time to make, so I don't make it very often... like for my husband's 26th and 30th birthdays (Yes, those candles are supposed to look like a 3-0, so it will be another 4 years before I taste this creation again...)
But on to the main attraction:
It takes a very, very, very long time to make, so I don't make it very often... like for my husband's 26th and 30th birthdays (Yes, those candles are supposed to look like a 3-0, so it will be another 4 years before I taste this creation again...)But on to the main attraction:
Ingredients:
2 c. flour
1 tsp. soda
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. sald
2 c. sugar
1 1/2 c. oil
3 eggs
2 c. finely grated carrots (freshly grated)
1 c. well drained crushed pineapple (15 1/4 oz. can)
1 c. coconut
1 c. chopped walnuts
1 tsp. vanilla
1 c. raisins
Sift flour, soda, cinnamon, and salt together. Set aside. Beat sugar, oil, and eggs with electric mixer until very well mixed. Gradually add flour mixture; fold in carrots, pineapple, coconut, walnuts, vanilla, and raisins. Bake in greased and floured two 8 inch pans or one 12x9 inch pan at 350 degrees for 1 hour.
Cream Cheese Frosting: Mix 4 oz softened cream cheese, 1/2 box powdered sugar, 1/2 stick margarine or butter and 1 tsp. vanilla until smooth.
Hide cake from the rest of the family so that you have plenty to enjoy :)
4 comments:
Mmmmm, carrot cake. With cream cheese frosting. Total comfort food...
You are 100% carrot ... uh I mean correct. Carrot Cakes are not all created equal and I am always so disappointed when I order it in a restaurant and I end up with a slice of dry, tasteless dark brown cake. Your family recipe sounds much like one of my treasured carrot cake recipes. I clipped it out about 30 or more years ago and it was call "24 Karat Cake". Though it didn't have 24 carrots in it is a real gem, really moist and has lots of flavor. I'm going to copy your recipe and keep it with mine as one can't have enough great carrot cake recipes. :)
I am SO making this cake today!
Love the sea glass flowers, too.
Mmmm! I have not eaten carrot cake in a long time so I am drooling right now! ~Val
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